macadamize

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From macadam + -ize, after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam who pioneered this method of road construction around 1820.

In macadamizing a stray stone in one of his periodical puddings, I once lost a tooth, and with it an heiress of some reputation. — A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, Unknown
He may be right, for sometimes during these long and hot and tiring days I feel as though my spirit had been vitrified and macadamized. — The Prairie Mother, Arthur Stringer
The rain helped him wherever the roadway was macadamized, but the paved routes militaires with which Calais abounds offered difficulties that caused many minutes of delay. — Cynthia's Chauffeur, Louis Tracy

macadamise, tarmac

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